Editorial

Africa: New scramble by forces of insecurity 

Africa is witnessing a scramble for control, but this time the contestants are not colonial powers planting flags. They are terrorist organisations, criminal syndicates, traffickers, mercenaries, kidnappers, and armed groups exploiting Africa’s weaknesses. The result is a continent where insecurity is becoming an alternative system of power. The warning from US Africa Command (AFRICOM) should […]
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No immunity for NASS heads

Predictable public outrage has trailed the proposal from a section of federal lawmakers to move to change the constitution to include the Senate President and his Deputy, Speaker of the House of Representatives and his Deputy as well as the Chief Justice of the Federation in the list of public officers to enjoy the immunity clause already granted the President and Vice President as well as Governors and their Deputies in the constitution.

Reforming the health insurance scheme

SINCE it was established in 1999 via Decree (now Act) 35 of the Federal Government of Nigeria, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has been tasked with the overall goal of enhancing access to quality and affordable health care for all Nigerians.

This scheme eventually saw the light of day 27 years after it was first mooted in 1962 as the Lagos Health Bill.

Salvaging the 2015 budget

Anxiety over the economy has not abated even as both the Presidency and the Senate appear to be ready to put in place the federal cabinet and by extension the economic team of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.

Salute to teachers

MONDAY, 5th October, 2015 was this year’s anniversary of World Teachers’ Day (WTD), a day specially reserved to honour the contributions of teaching professionals all over the world in the development of human capital.

Chief Olu Falae’s kidnap

Kidnapping as an abominable crime in Nigeria has assumed an epidemic dimension. A criminal activity that started some years ago as a tool of agitation in the Niger Delta has since been adopted by criminals in all parts of the country to make quick and easy money.

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